Should I trust Bottleneck Calculator ? : r/buildapc - Reddit

As everyone will tell you, bottleneck calculators are pretty inaccurate (and not well made imo) but you shouldn't be worried about ... Foundtheinternet!PostsWiki7Postedbyu/[deleted]1yearagoShouldItrustBottleneckCalculator? NecroedSorry,thispostwasdeletedbythepersonwhooriginallypostedit.Itdoesn'tappearinanyfeeds,andanyonewithadirectlinktoitwillseeamessagelikethisone.14commentssharesavehidereport83%UpvotedSortby:best level1·1yr.agonoyoushouldn't.theyareflawedbydesignandthenumbersdon'tmeananything.18ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel1·1yr.agoBottleneckasaconceptis,first,inevitable,andsecondly,meaninglesswithoutmanyfurtherdetailsspecifyingusecaseandspecifyingitfurther.Incaseofgaming,ifyouwanttotalkaboutbottleneckyouhavetogaugeitincase-by-casescenariowitheachspecificgame,thensettings,thendesiredframerate.Tonotcomplicateitfurther,forgetaboutbottleneck.ThoughhonestlyIcan'tseemuchpointingettinga12-core5900Xjustforplayinggames,feelfreetogetthatifyouwant.13ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel2·1yr.agoIwilluseengineeringprogramstoo.That’swhyIchoose5900X.Iforgottomentionthat.:)Thankyouforyourhelp.4ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel2·6mo.agoaccordingtothislogicmyamdryzen51600wouldhavenoproblemsalongsidea3060?edit:misspelled.1ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel2·21daysagoExactlygreatreply.1ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel1·1yr.ago·edited1yr.agoNo,youshouldn't.Thefundamentalproblemwithallofthesesitesisthattheytreata'bottleneck'asifitissomeinherentpropertyofanygivenPC.Itisn't.ACPUlimitationcomesaboutdependingonwhatyou'rerunning,whatyou'redoing,whatresolutionandsettingsyourun,what'shappeninginthegameitself.ACPUlimitationisadynamic,fluidthingandit'snotsomethingyoucan'calculate'muchlessputinhardpercentageterms.Ihatethesesiteswithapassion.Theyuseblack-boxmethodologytogenerategarbagenumbersthatencouragepeopletomakepoorchoicesinaPCbuild.Theyprofitoffofthiswithaffliatelinks.IfyoupairagoodmodernCPUwithaGPUthat'sappropriatefortheresolutionandgamesyourun.youcanforgetyoueverheardtheterm'bottleneck'.11ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel1·1yr.agoYourGPUshouldalwaysbethebottleneck.Sothisishonestlyfine.HoweverwiththisgenerationofRyzenCPUs,thefirstandlastCPUyoushouldbuyforgamingisthe5600X.BuyingamoreexpensiveCPUwillnothelpyou.EssentiallyallthebetterCPUsdoisaddmorecoreswhichwillhelpinproductivitybutnotmuchelse.Whichbegsthequestionwhyareyoubuyinga5900Xandnota5600X?7ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel2Commentdeletedbyuser·1yr.agoContinuethisthread level1·1yr.ago5600xwillhavethesamegameperformanceas5900x5ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel2·1yr.agoIforgottomention.I'mgoingtouseengineeringprogramsbesidesplayinggames,soI'mstuckbetween5800xand5900x.2ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel2·3mo.ago"fornow"in6yearswhenitstimetoupgradeagainthe5600xwithits6coreswillbehurtingmorethanthe5700xor800xor900xetcwithmorecores.Itscalledfutureproofing.Whileeverythingwillhavetobeupgradedeventuallyyes,buyingsomethingwithmorecores(atrendgamingisgoingtowards)isntabadcall.Giventhepriceanyways.Justgota5800xfor350.Thesamepricea5600xwouldbeanyways.Soliterallywhynot.1ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel1·1yr.agoYoucomputerplanlooksdelightful,bottleneckcalculatorisaworthlesssoftwarenotevenworthasecondofyourtime.Aspeoplehavesaid,theGPUshouldbethebottleneckinarigofthesesorts.Whenitcomestotheprocessoryoudon't"need"a5900x,inmostgamestodayitperformsalmostequaltoa5800x.Whatyoudogethoweveris4extracoresand8threadswhichwillfutureproofyourcpuincrediblywell.Youwilleasilykeepitforyearswithgreatperformanceandpossiblyagpuupgradesomewhereinthefutureaswell.Ifyoucanaffordit,5900xwillserveyouwell.5ReplyShareReportSaveFollowlevel1·4mo.agowilla3600runwellwitha3070ti?orshouldigeta5600x?orevenabovethat?1ReplyShareReportSaveFollowAboutCommunityr/buildapcPlanningonbuildingacomputerbutneedsomeadvice?Thisistheplacetoask! /r/buildapcisacommunity-drivensubredditdedicatedtocustomPCassembly.Anyoneiswelcometoseektheinputofourhelpfulcommunityastheypiecetogethertheirdesktop.CreatedApr11,20106.1mMembers8.3kOnlineJoinToppostsjuly7th2021Toppostsofjuly,2021Topposts2021BacktoTop Advertisement